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Book VIII

A scandal is threatening to engulf the popular spa town of Aquae Sulis (modern-day Bath). The wife of Ruso's best friend, Valens, has been found dead in the sacred hot spring, stabbed through the heart. Fearing the wrath of the goddess and the ruin of the tourist trade, the temple officials are keen to cover up what's happened. But the dead woman's father is demanding justice, and he's accusing Valens of murder.

Book VII

"A lot of people, Doctor, think the secret of success is getting rid of your enemies. They’re wrong. The secret... is being one step ahead of them." Ruso and Tilla’s excitement at arriving in Rome with their new baby daughter soon fades when they realize that the grand facades of polished marble mask an underworld of corrupt landlords and vermin-infested tenements...

Book VI

"Tell them to find that boy. They must find that boy, alive and well, or everything our lads fought and died for will be thrown away." Ruso and Tilla are back in the borderlands of Britannia, helping to tend the builders of Hadrian’s Great Wall. But the work is behind schedule, the local tribes are resentful and there are worrying rumours of a body being hidden inside the stonework...

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